N.B. My page numbers refer to The Arrow Books 2010 edition. If you have a different edition, see the bottom of the page for the list of chapters by page number.
Here are some quotes which would be useful for answering a question such as: How does Harper Lee present Aunt Alexandra in the novel as a whole?
140 |
‘Put my bag in the front bedroom, Calpurnia.’ was the first thing Aunt Alexandra said. ‘Jean louise, stop scratching your head.’ was the second thing she said. |
140 |
Aunt Alexandra says to Scout: it would be best for you to have some feminine influence |
141 |
Aunt Alexandra was positively irritable on the Lord’s Day. |
142 |
Aunt Alexandra was the last of her kind; she had riverboat, boarding school manners; let any moral come along and she would uphold it; she was born in the objective case; she was an incurable gossip given the slightest chance, she would exercise her royal prerogative: she would arrange, advise, caution, warn. |
143 |
Aunt Alexandra was of the opinion … that the longer a family had been squatting on one patch of land the finer it was. |
147 |
Your aunt has asked me to try and impress upon you … that you are the product of several generations’ gentle breeding. (Atticus) |
172 |
‘Don’t talk like that in front of them.’ |
229 |
Miss Alexandra’ll absolutely have a stroke of paralysis when she finds out. (Calpurnia) |
247 |
Perhaps this was why she had come to live with us – to help us choose our friends. |
248 |
(re Walter Cunningham) He – is – trash |
249 |
She’s tryin to make you a lady. (Jem) |
250 |
Atticus said one time the reason Aunty’s so hipped on the family is because all we’ve got’s background and not a dime to our names (Jem) |
251 |
she had let Calpurnia serve today |
253 |
‘Stay with us Jean Louise,’ she said. This was a part of her campaign to teach me to be a lady. |
257/8 |
She gave Miss Maudie a look of pure gratitude, and I wonered at the world of women. Miss Maudie and Aunt Alexandra had never been especially close, and here was Aunty silently thanking her for something. For what, I knew not. |
262 |
if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I. |
291 |
Aunt Alexandra’s fingers trembled as she unwound the fabric and wire from around me. ‘Are you alright darling?’ she asked me over and over as she worked me free. |
Chapters by page number
PAGES |
CHAPTERS |
PART ONE |
|
3-16 |
1 |
17-24 |
2 |
25-35 |
3 |
36-45 |
4 |
46-55 |
5 |
55-64 |
6 |
64-70 |
7 |
70-82 |
8 |
82-98 |
9 |
98-109 |
10 |
110-124 |
11 |
PART TWO |
|
127-139 |
12 |
140-148 |
13 |
148-159 |
14 |
159-171 |
15 |
171-182 |
16 |
183-197 |
17 |
197-209 |
18 |
209-220 |
19 |
220-227 |
20 |
227-233 |
21 |
234-239 |
22 |
239-251 |
23 |
251-262 |
24 |
262-266 |
25 |
266-273 |
26 |
273-280 |
27 |
280-294 |
28 |
294-298 |
29 |
298-305 |
30 |
305-end |
31 |
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